Kasi Lemmons
Acting
Kasi Lemmons (/ˈkeɪsi/; born Karen Lemmons, February 24, 1959) is an American film director, screenwriter, and actress. She made her directorial debut with Eve's Bayou (1997), followed by The Caveman's Valentine (2001), Talk to Me (2007), Black Nativity (2013), Harriet (2019), and Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). She also directed the Netflix limited series Self Made (2020), and an episode of ABC's Women of the Movement (2022).
She is also known as an actress having started her career with roles in commercials with McDonald's and Levi's. She made her film debut in Spike Lee's School Daze (1988). She continued acting in Vampire's Kiss (1989), The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Candyman (1992). She was described by film scholar Wheeler Winston Dixon as "an ongoing testament to the creative possibilities of film".
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Kasi Lemmons
Self - (archive footage)
... 2025
Self
... 2018
Roberta Washington
... 2013
Angry Black Woman
... 2006
... 2004
Self
... 2003
... 2002
Angenelle
... 1997
Madonna
... 1997
Grace
... 1995
June Vanderpool
... 1994
Clerk
... 1994
Nina Blackburn
... 1994
Det. Marie Mitchell
... 1993
Bernadette Walsh
... 1992
Carol North
... 1992
Alex Robbins
... 1991
Cookie
... 1991
Ardelia Mapp
... 1991
Melanie Bryant
... 1990
... 1990
Jackie
... 1989
Perry
... 1988
Subaya
... 1986
Hostage
... 1984